diff --git a/types/node/v6/index.d.ts b/types/node/v6/index.d.ts
index 8e12079d5c..e89656eedf 100644
--- a/types/node/v6/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/node/v6/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Type definitions for Node.js v6.x
 // Project: http://nodejs.org/
-// Definitions by: Microsoft TypeScript <http://typescriptlang.org>, DefinitelyTyped <https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped>, Wilco Bakker <https://github.com/WilcoBakker>
+// Definitions by: Microsoft TypeScript <http://typescriptlang.org>, DefinitelyTyped <https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped>, Wilco Bakker <https://github.com/WilcoBakker>, Thomas Bouldin <https://github.com/inlined>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
 /************************************************
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ declare module "http" {
     };
     export function createServer(requestListener?: (request: IncomingMessage, response: ServerResponse) => void): Server;
     export function createClient(port?: number, host?: string): any;
-    export function request(options: RequestOptions, callback?: (res: IncomingMessage) => void): ClientRequest;
+    export function request(options: RequestOptions | string, callback?: (res: IncomingMessage) => void): ClientRequest;
     export function get(options: any, callback?: (res: IncomingMessage) => void): ClientRequest;
     export var globalAgent: Agent;
 }
@@ -1353,8 +1353,8 @@ declare module "https" {
     };
     export interface Server extends tls.Server { }
     export function createServer(options: ServerOptions, requestListener?: Function): Server;
-    export function request(options: RequestOptions, callback?: (res: http.IncomingMessage) => void): http.ClientRequest;
-    export function get(options: RequestOptions, callback?: (res: http.IncomingMessage) => void): http.ClientRequest;
+    export function request(options: RequestOptions | string, callback?: (res: http.IncomingMessage) => void): http.ClientRequest;
+    export function get(options: RequestOptions | string, callback?: (res: http.IncomingMessage) => void): http.ClientRequest;
     export var globalAgent: Agent;
 }